The Mayor of Mirpurkhas (Urdu: ميئر میرپورخاص ) who heads the local government of Mirpurkhas, the sixth largest city of Sindh, Pakistan. Previously, the authority had resided with the district's Nazim.
Local government While Pervez Musharraf was the President of Pakistan, Mirpurkhas was administrated by the local Nazim of the district government.
The position was dissolved in 2010, after the PPP came to power.
The Nazim was reinstated in 2016 after local government order (SPLGO 2013) came into effect. This order designated that the urban city areas of Mirpurkhas would be governed by the chairman of the municipal committee, while the rural areas would be governed by a district council and various town committees.
In 2022, Sindh Local Government create Mirpurkhas Municipal Corporation and upgrade the set of Nazim to Mayor of Mirpurkhas.
Mayors The following list is of Mirpurkhas local government chairmen in recent years. +List of Mayors#Mayorstart termEnd termDeputyParty affiliationNotes1Pir Shafqat Hussain Shah Jilani20012005PPPDistrict Nazim2Dr Kaniz Sughra Junejo20052010Dr Zafar KamaliPMLQ/MQMDistrict Nazim3Farooq Jamil Durrani31 Aug 2016 2019Fareed Ahmed KhanMQMChairman Municipal Committee4Engineer Kamran ShiekhJuly 2019Aug 2020Fareed Ahmed KhanMQMChairman Municipal CommitteePost of Nazim Upgraded to Mayor 1Abdul Rauf GhoriJune 2023PPPMayor Municipal Corporation
Election Results 2022
The following are the results of the elections which were conducted in May 2022. #Partiesseats1 PPP272 MQM4Total31
Election Results 2015
The following are the results of the elections which were conducted on 19 November 2015. #Partiesseats1 MQM322 PPP103IND5Total47
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